Anyone watching Lost in Space on Netflix? SPOILERS
I like it better than the movie, but there are tweaks that feel like metal on a cavity.
The character who plays Dr. Smith is just too unlikable. I don't see where she finds redemption in the next season to turn into a long-term character. But then again, we won't be calling her Dr. Smith next season. It's one thing to be a bungling-meddler, and another to be a total socio-path who deserves to be fed to space beasties.
I like the interplay between all the Robinson family characters and Don, which, as we know, are the essential characters.
And poor robot. His character is so schizophrenic that I can't decide if he will ever be embraceable as our Robot from the original series.
I am okay with young Will Robinson being a little less of a perfect genius than our original Will Robinson. It's more believable. And it looks like he's going to be less gullible next season, so I'm okay when there's room for growth.
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Thanks for the tip!
...the original Dr Smith was also pure evil - no comic relief until after the first episodes. He often left the Robinsons to die, with no remorse.
...I already pay too much... I pay for High Def and can't keep track of the channels I have.
Dr Smith's original mission was to kill the Robinsons - and he tried several times. He also programmed the Robot to kill them, but that failed. I believe he killed a guard on the way to stowaway on the spaceship, in the first episode.
During the first season, he became more sympathetic... more of a clown, yes. He would then bungle them into danger, or be led away by greed.
I will wait until the new series goes to DVD.
...I find it all very confusing. Someone else told me you can get Netflix, get the entire series all at once, the cancel... and, I see people on Facebook are watching different parts of the series... I'm just happy I can watch Joy Reid this morning!
...he was a reluctant stowaway. Thank you for the clip!
I watched the first episode. The only thing that made it worth my time was the robot.
Didn't care for any of the characters. Not a single one of them.
The original TV characters were sort of like any sitcom family of the era that went to Mars.
I thought the writing on the new show was atrocious. Part of the problem is that even though they shifted time and did flashbacks of the family, they're thrust into turmoil before we know who they are, or have any reason to care about their dilemmas.
Didn't care for Will Robinson at all. Yeah, he's smart. Yeah, he finds his courage when he needs it. But he also whines. Billy Mumy's Will was fearless, especially at times when you'd expect a "normal" kid of that age to be terrified. As you said, the "new" Will is perhaps more believable. But for me, "believable" doesn't automatically translate to "likable."
Just didn't care for any of the "reinventions" of these characters, and did I mention that the writing was atrocious?
